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manure

noun
🔊/məˈnjʊə(r)/
🔊/məˈnʊr/
[uncountable]
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  1. the waste matter from animals that is spread over or mixed with the soil to help plants and crops grow粪肥；肥料 synonym dung
    • Dig plenty of well-rotted manure into the soil.将大量腐烂的肥料挖掘到土壤中。
    • the best time to spread manure on the fields在田里施粪肥的最佳时机
    Topics Farmingc2, Gardensc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • animal
    • chicken
    • cow
    • …
    verb + manure
    • apply
    • spread
    manure + noun
    • production
    • application
    • disposal
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘cultivate (land)’): from Anglo-Norman French mainoverer, Old French manouvrer , from medieval Latin manuoperare from Latin manus ‘hand’ + operari ‘to work’. The noun sense dates from the mid 16th cent.

manure

verb
🔊/məˈnjʊə(r)/
🔊/məˈnʊr/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they manure
🔊/məˈnjʊə(r)/
🔊/məˈnʊr/
he / she / it manures
🔊/məˈnjʊəz/
🔊/məˈnʊrz/
past simple manured
🔊/məˈnjʊəd/
🔊/məˈnʊrd/
past participle manured
🔊/məˈnjʊəd/
🔊/məˈnʊrd/
-ing form manuring
🔊/məˈnjʊərɪŋ/
🔊/məˈnʊrɪŋ/
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  1. manure something to put manure on or in soil to help plants grow给…施肥Topics Farmingc2, Gardensc2
    Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘cultivate (land)’): from Anglo-Norman French mainoverer, Old French manouvrer , from medieval Latin manuoperare from Latin manus ‘hand’ + operari ‘to work’. The noun sense dates from the mid 16th cent.